Florida Democratic Party vice chair found dead in home, husband arrested

The vice chair of Florida’s Democratic Party who was reportedly planning a run for Congress was found dead in her home Wednesday morning and her husband was arrested in connection with the suspected domestic violence incident. Nancy Metayer Bowen, the 38-year-old vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, died sometime in the morning at her home. Her husband, 40-year-old Stephen Bowen, was arrested in what police are probing “as a domestic violence incident,” authorities said during a press conference later in the day. The exact manner of Metayer Bowen’s death is still unclear. Police have not released any further details. Metayer…

Bill Self returning to Kansas next season after retirement speculation

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is returning for a 24th season with the Jayhawks. The program released a statement from Self on Wednesday confirming his return for another year with the program he has led to 21 regular-season conference championships, four Final Fours and a pair of…

Dems are right to panic about California gov’s race, says top polling expert

Democrats are fretting about the race to replace term-limited California Gov. Gavin Newsom — with a field so crowded that the two Republican candidates could lock Dems out of the general election in an overwhelmingly blue state. And Democrats definitely have reason to worry, prominent polling and redistricting expert Paul…

Artemis II blasts off: Humans are on their way back to the moon

The Artemis II crew has blasted off for the moon on a historic rocket launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen are now riding high in the Orion spacecraft as the first humans to head…

Popular supplement may help protect against key Alzheimer’s biomarker

The future just got brighter, thanks to the sunshine vitamin. Scientists in Ireland have added to a growing stack of research on the relationship between vitamin D levels in the blood and a possible lower risk of dementia. A 16-year study found that higher vitamin D intake during middle age…

AI Agents are now hiring humans

We don’t just have to worry about AI taking our jobs… we may soon have to worry about them being our bosses. Earlier this week, RentAHuman.ai — a platform where AI agents can hire humans to complete various tasks in the real world — launched to the public. And of…

St. John’s-UConn tickets going for as high as K

The St. John’s-Connecticut game is an expensive ticket. Prices for Friday night’s showdown at the Garden, the game of the year in the Big East, are through the proverbial roof. According to Keenan McKenzie of GoTickets.com, the average price of tickets on the secondary market over the last seven days…

Toyota CEO Sato to step down, to be replaced by CFO Kon

Toyota Chief Executive Koji Sato will step down after just three years at the helm of the world’s largest automaker, the company said on Friday, and will be replaced by chief financial officer Kenta Kon. The reshuffle, which will see Sato take on the role of vice chairman and chief…

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